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PATENTED APR. 1,9,` 1904.

No. 757,470. Y

J. R. KNAPP. GAMB'. APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 17,11903.

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JRRRMIAH R. KNAPP, or NORWALK, OHIO, AssIGNOR or ONE-HALF To SAMUEL O. TYLER, or NORWALK, OHIO.

GAME.

SPECIFICATION ferming part ef Lettere Patent Ne. 757,470, dated April 19, 1904. i

Application filed August 1'7, 1903.

To all. whom/it may concern.- Be it known that I, J EREMIAH R. KNAPP, a citizen of the UnitedV States, residing atNorwalk, in the county of Huron andState of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Garne, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to game-boards, and more particularly that class employing sur- 'lhe object is to provide a game that is novel, interesting, and requiring skill, as well as having elements of chance, thereby making it attractive.

The preferred form of construction is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, where- 1n- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a gameboard constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a cue employed in connection therewith. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view through the board. Fig. 4L is a longitudinal sectional view.

' Similar reference-numerals indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings. Y

In the embodiment illustrated the board comprises a bottom 45, supported by transverse sleepers .6 and having side and end walls 7 and 8 that extend above the bottom. The upper face of the board is provided with a centrally and longitudinally disposed playingfield 9, which is concaved transversely, as shown. Alleys 1() are located on opposite sides of the playing-field and are alsovlocated longitudinallyof the board. The eld and alleys are defined by longitudinally-disposed bars l1, extending from end to end of the board and secured to the walls 8 in any suitable manner. These bars 11 are elevated above the surface o f the board and constitute obstructions for larger balls employed in playing the game, though permitting the passage of smaller balls, as is hereinafter more fully explained.

The playing-field is provided with a series of transversely-disposed grooves 12, the ends of which extend beneath the bars 11. These grooves are provided with ball-receiving pockof the grooves.

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one and said pockets being disposed in stag,- gered relation, as illustrated in Fig. 1. Located in one end of each alley is a longitudi- .nally-"disposedpartition 14, that subdivides rial secured to the" adjacent end wall.

Each player is provided with a ball 17, that is of suioient size to be prevented by the bars l1 from passing between the alley andiield.

Each player, furthermore, has a small ball 18 that can pass beneath the bars 11, while cues, as 19,Y of any suitable structure are also provided.v While it will be understood that games of various kinds can be played upon the board, a very simple form may be described as follows: One of the players places his small ball 18 in one of the pockets 15 of the alleyand the large ball at the end of the partition 141, as illustrated inthe upper right-hand corner of Fig. 1. The other player places his large ball 17 at his margin of the field, the margins being smooth and provided withsockets 20, asillustrated. The player whose balls are in the alley first propels the large ball to the opposite end of the same, where it will strike the return-spring and rebound. During this return the smaller ball is shot by means of the cue and if it properly strikes the other ball will be deflected under the bar 11 and onto the playing-field, perhaps, in one y In case of this successful play Vwhile the ball 18 is moving over the field the ;other player attempts by shooting ing game can be played, for while there is considerable chance a comparatively high degree of skill is required to send/the ball 18 into the proper groove by means of the ball 17 and also on the part of the opponent to prevent said ball 18 from scoring.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction, operation, and many advantages of the herein-described invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art without further description, and it will be understood that various changes in the size, shape. proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a game-board, the combination of a playing-field, of an alley located alongside the field and of sufficient width to permit. the play therethrough of different sizes of balls, said alley at one end having a return-spring arranged to cause the rebound ol' a ball striking the same, and an obstruction defining the boundary between the alley and eld` said obstruction being located above the surface sufficiently to permit the passage thereunder of ,the smaller ball and retain the larger one in the alley.

2. In a game-board, the combination with a playing-field, of an alley located longitudinally alongside the field and of sufficient width to permit the play therethrough of different sizes of balls, said alley having at one end a longitudinally-disposed partition forming a reduced ball-receiving pocket and having at its other end a return-spring arranged to cause the rebound of a ball striking the same, and a bar defining the boundary between the alley and field, said bar being located above the surface sufficiently to permit the passage thereunder of a small ball and to retain a larger one in the alley.'

3. In a game-board, the combination with a transversely-concaved playing-field provided in its surface with a series of ball-receiving pockets, of a straight alley located alongside the field and having a closed outer side and closed ends, and a bar defining the boundary, between the alley and field, said bar being arranged above the surface to permit the passage thereunder of balls of a predetermined size.

4. In a game-board, the combination with a playing-field, of an alley, and a bar located between the alley and field and elevated above the surface thereof, said field being provided with a plurality of transversely disposed grooves extending from one side of the field beneath the bar and having ball-receiving pockets.

5. In a game-board, the combination with a playing-field, of an alley located alongside the playing-held and of sufficient width to permit the free passage of balls of different sizes, and an obstruction defining the boundary between the alley and field, said obstruction being located above the surface of the same sufiiciently to permit the passage thereunder of the smaller ball and at the same time retain the larger one in the alley, said playing-field having grooves in its surface that extend from points contiguous to the obstruction.

6. In a game-board, the combination with a centrally-disposed transversely-concave playing-field, of alleys located on opposite sides of the field, and bars located longitudinally of the board and spaced above the surface thereof, said bars defining the field and alleys.

7. In a game-board, the combination with a centrally-disposed playing-field, of alleys located on opposite sides thereof and at the sides of the board, longitudinally-disposed bars defining the alleys and field and elevated above the surface of the board, said field having transversely-disposed grooves extending beneath the bars and having a series of pockets located in staggered relation.

8. In a game-board, the combination with a transversely-concaved playing-field, of alleys arranged longitudinally along the opposite sides of the field, said alleys having closed ends and outer walls, and'bars defining the opposite side walls of the field and the inner walls of the alleys, said bars being elevated above the surface to permit the passage thereunder of balls of a predetermined size.

9. In a game-board, the combination with a centrally-disposed transversely-concave playing-field, having transverse grooves provided with pockets, of alleys located at the sides of the field, longitudinally-disposed bars elevated above the surf-ace of the board and defining the field and alleys, a longitudinally-disposed partition located in one end of each alley, and a return-spring arranged in the opposite end of each alley.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JEREMIAH R. KNAPP.

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